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DH shifts IT from ‘replace’ to ‘connect’

NHS informatics in England will move from a “replace all” to “connect all” philosophy, the Department of Health has announced.
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DH promotes C+B to beat strike

The Department of Health is encouraging GPs and hospitals to use NHS Choose and Book and secure text messaging to manage
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Unite calls for better IT training

Health visitors believe they are not getting enough IT training on their local electronic patient record systems, according to a
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Hammersmith and Fulham text quitters

GP practices in NHS Hammersmith and Fulham have used text messaging to collect information on patients’ smoking status and invite
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NHSmail promises bigger mailboxes

Many NHSmail users could see the size of their mailbox doubled in response to feedback about the service, which will
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How swine flu affected our IT

Our grassroots columnist Dr Neil Paul explains how his practice suffered some IT complications from swine flu
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4 – Readiness for Service, Email and Directory Services

Download the PDF here. (132kb) | Review another document. This is one of the gateway reviews that the Office of Government Commerce held
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Attack takes down Notts network

A network problem in Nottinghamshire left around 20 GP practices without access to their clinical system or internet and email
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Switchover to Digital Britain

The government has confirmed that it wants universal access to 2Mbps broadband by 2012, arguing that this is vital for
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The great Communicator

A GP practice in Harrow has become the first early adopter site for HealthSpace’s Communicator tool, enabling patients and clinicians
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